Tannery Talk

My good friend Nolan joins me to discuss guide life. What we love about it and the toll it takes. 

I had a chance to sit down with my wife's Aunty Viv. She shares stories from growing up on the homestead North of modern day Fort St John. In 1967 when Vivian was just 16 she started as a Trail Cook on horse back hunts for legendary outfitter Lynn Ross. 

Hamiora Gibson is a native of Aotearoa (New Zealand). He is currently working with private land owners, resources development and others to implement ecosystem restoration programs that benefit native flora & fauna. New Zealand is also on a path of reconciliation from its colonial past, we discuss what this means on a landscape level and comparisons between there and Canada. 

He was fortunate enough to grow up in the bush and is now sharing his knowledge by training locals on invasive species trapping and foraging/hunting techniques.

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I meet Sam Huston in passing while picking up supplies at the local feed store.  After a few passing conversations I knew he would be a great guest. From driving 300 head of wild horses in Montana to Trapping the Upper Halfway River throughout the 1960's. Mr. Huston, thank you for the visit.

I got to sit down with Ken Boone to discuss Trapping up the Muskwa River back in the 1980s. I've got to know Ken over the past few years at family functions. We had a great visit and discussed his trapping past.

Some times you have to show up and just keep working. No rest for the wicked. Final brush on a beautiful bison blanket. 

Early Saturday morning in the Tannery. Skinning a wolf for life size taxidermy. Quality and Care.

Getting some chores done before work starts for the day. Moving along the batch of furs, sanding a bison. Also discuss my thoughts on the latest wolf fiasco in British Columbia and what I could mean for the future of trapping. Please support trapping in BC and provide your thoughts to the minister.
Honourable Katrine Conroy
Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
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Transforming nature’s resource into hand made leather. Join me in my Tannery has I hone my craft. Working with my hands is my meditation and this is my journal. Welcome!